Surya Wonowidjojo

Surya Wonowidjojo (15 August 1923 – 28 August 1985) was an Indonesian businessman and cigarette maker.

Surya Wonowidjojo
Born	Tjoa Ing-Hwie (蔡雲輝) (1923-08-15)15 August 1923 Fujian, China
Died	28 August 1985(1985-08-28) (aged 62) Auckland, New Zealand
Nationality	Indonesian
Occupations	Businessman cigarette maker
Known for	Founder of Gudang Garam

Wonowidjojo, sometimes spelt Wonowidjoyo, was a Chinese Indonesian (Hokchia totok) born Tjoa Ing Hwie or Tjoa Jien Hwie (traditional Chinese: 蔡雲輝; simplified Chinese: 蔡云辉; pinyin: Cài Yúnhuī;^[1] Hokkien: Chhoà Ûn-hui) in Yinxi [zh], Fuqing in Fujian Province, China.^[1] He was the founder of Gudang Garam, a major Indonesian kretek (clove cigarette) manufacturer, and father of billionaire Rachman Halim.^[1]

Wonowidjojo's family first migrated to Sampang, Madura when Surya was four years old. When his father died, he moved to Kediri, East Java where he worked for his uncle who was a kretek manufacturer.^[1]

Wonowidjojo founded Gudang Garam in Kediri in 1958 and headed the company until handing control to his son in 1984.^[1]

Wonowidjojo died on 28 August 1985 in Auckland, New Zealand.^[2][3]